#4A4236#4A4236

#4A4236 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.022 H 78.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A4236
RGB	rgb(74, 66, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 16%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(36, 27%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 27%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.43, 1.16, 8.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.43, 8.64, 82.29°)
OKLab	oklab(38.35% 0.0047 0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(38.35% 0.022 78)
XYZ	xyz(5.4381, 5.6188, 4.2874)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A4236 #363E4A

analogous

#4A3836 #4A4236 #484A36

triadic

#4A4236 #364A42 #42364A

tetradic

#4A4236 #364A38 #363E4A #4A3648

square

#4A4236 #364A38 #363E4A #4A3648

split-complementary

#4A4236 #36484A #38364A

monochromatic

#12100D #27221C #4A4236 #6D6250 #91816A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#4A4236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4A4236 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A4236

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A4236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A4236	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E403F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a4236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 66, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.022 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c766d',
    500: '#4a4236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a4236;
$custom-light: #7c766d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a4236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 15.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38347,
    "c": 0.02242,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.05619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A4236

secondary

#626B7A

accent

#8DB86F

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEB

border

#C9C8C6

text

#090807

muted

#7B7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A4236

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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